What is a Save?
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For those of you who have pondered what constitutes a save, when a relief pitcher qualifies to be awarded a save. or for that matter, what constitutes a blown save.
Here is the Official Major League Rule regarding saves for relief pitchers;
Credit a pitcher with a save when he meets all three of the following conditions: (1) He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his club; and (2) He is not the winning pitcher; and (3) He qualifies under one of the following conditions: (a) He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning; or (b) He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, or at bat, or on deck (that is, the potential tying run is either already on base or is one of the first two batsmen he faces); or (c) He pitches effectively for at least three innings. No more than one save may be credited in each game.
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July 20th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
[…] As mentioned above, Trevor Hoffman’s blown save was, including the All Star game, his 3rd in 4 save opportunity appearances. He, as with ANY closer who generally enters the game in the late innings, is like the hockey goaltender, the last line of defense with the game on the line. For context as to what a save is and the Major League Rule regarding saves, click here. […]
July 22nd, 2006 at 10:10 pm
[…] The winning pitcher in this game emerged to be Phils reliever Geoff Geary who increased his won/loss record to 6-0 for the season with this win (Geary’s game-by game pitching line or the pitching line for any active hurler for the 2006 season and for the two previous seasons can be viewed on a page similar to Geary’s linked page). Geary is what baseball experts call a “middle reliever” as distinguished from the “closer.” The closer either has overpowering stuff, as Hoffman, Mariano Rivera, Billy Wagner or Jonathan Papelbon have or predecessors such as Bruce Sutter, Goose Gossage, Lee Smith, Rollie Fingers or Kent Tekulve had and who enters the game in a late inning to silence the opposition’s bats and to nail down, to save a win for his team. […]
January 16th, 2007 at 11:40 am
[…] Alfonseca carries a career ERA of 3.99 and a career save total of 121, 94 of them coming between 1999 and 2001 when the Florida Marlins used him in the closer role. […]